# Chal Village, Dharchula, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Chal

Chal is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **220 people in 38 households**, the 53rd largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 220people (2011)
- 38households
- 80.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chal

Of every 100 households in Chal in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chal · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**65%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**68%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****0%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**47%

Own their home ****69%**

**89%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chal?

■ Chal · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**911

Working population ****52.3%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 76.3% for women. 55% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 112 (97%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dharchula

- New264 people
- Kimkhola252 people
- Dugtu234 people
- Jyoti Pangu232 people
- Sela211 people
- Majtham/Payya R.F.205 people
- Tejam190 people
- Sobala189 people

[All 82 villages in Dharchula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/dharchula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chal?220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chal in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chal?80.2% (Census 2011)